Donn (father of Diarmuid)

Family: Fianna · Role: father of Diarmuid · First appears: The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid

Life events

• Diarmuid was born, the son of Bonn and Crochnuit and grandson of Duibhne.(The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid)
  • With: Diarmuid Duibhne Crochnuit
  • “Diarmuid, now, was son of Bonn, son of Duibhne of the Fianna, and his mother was Crochnuit, that was near in blood to Finn. And at the time he was born, Bonn was banished from the Fianna because of some quarrel they had with him, and Angus Og took the child from him to rear him up at Brugh na Boinne.”
• Bonn was banished from the Fianna, and Angus Og took Diarmuid to rear him.(The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid · 📍 Brugh na Boinne)
  • With: Angus Og Diarmuid
  • “Diarmuid, now, was son of Bonn, son of Duibhne of the Fianna, and his mother was Crochnuit, that was near in blood to Finn. And at the time he was born, Bonn was banished from the Fianna because of some quarrel they had with him, and Angus Og took the child from him to rear him up at Brugh na Boinne.”
• Angus Og took Donn's son into his care, and he and Diarmuid were reared together.(The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid · 📍 Brugh na Boinne)
  • With: Angus Og Diarmuid
  • “And after a while Crochnuit bore another son to Roc Diocain, that was Head Steward to Angus. Roc Diocain went then to Donn, and asked would he rear up his son for him, the way Angus was rearing Donn's son. But Donn said he would not take the son of a common man into his house, and it would be best for Angus to take him. So Angus took the child into Brugh na Boinne, and he and Diarmuid were reared up together.”
• Donn killed the Steward's son by squeezing him between his knees.(The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid · 📍 Brugh na Boinne)
  • “It chanced after a while a great fight rose between two of Finn's hounds about some broken meat that was thrown to them; and the women and the common people of the place ran from them, and the others rose up to part them from one another. And in running away, the Steward's child ran between the knees of Donn, and Donn gave the child a strong squeeze between his two knees that killed him on the moment, and he threw him under the feet of the hounds.”
• Finn discovered that Donn had killed the Steward's son.(The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid)
  • With: Finn Roc Diocain
  • “So they looked at the child, and there was no scratch or mark of a tooth on him at all. Then the Steward put Finn under the destroying bonds of the Druid cave of Cruachan, to give him knowledge of who it was killed his son. And Finn asked for a chess-board, and for water to be brought to him, in a basin of pale gold, and he searched, and it was shown to him truly that it was Donn had killed the Steward's son between his two knees.”

The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid

• child: Diarmuid “Diarmuid, now, was son of Bonn, son of Duibhne of the Fianna, and his mother was Crochnuit, that was near in blood to Finn.”
• parent: Duibhne “Diarmuid, now, was son of Bonn, son of Duibhne of the Fianna, and his mother was Crochnuit, that was near in blood to Finn.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.